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<span class="firstname">Vinnie</span> <span class="surname">Falco</span>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quickref.html">Reference</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/release_notes.html">Release Notes</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html">Introduction</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html#beast.introduction.requirements">Requirements</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html#beast.introduction.reporting_bugs">Reporting Bugs</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html#beast.introduction.credits">Credits</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start.html">Quick Look</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/http_client.html">Simple HTTP Client 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/websocket_client.html">Simple WebSocket
      Client 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/security_review_bishop_fox.html">Security
      Review (Bishop Fox) 🎦</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/websocket_autobahn_testsuite.html">WebSocket
      (Autobahn|Testsuite)</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html">Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.clients">Clients</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.servers">Servers</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.servers_advanced">Servers (Advanced)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.chat_server">Chat Server 🎦</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io.html">Networking</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/asio_refresher.html">Refresher</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/stream_types.html">Streams</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/timeouts.html">Timeouts 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/rate_limiting.html">Rate Limiting 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/layered_streams.html">Layered Streams</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/layered_streams/counted_stream_example.html">Counted
        Stream 💡</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/buffer_types.html">Buffer Types</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/files.html">Files</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/writing_composed_operations.html">Writing Composed
      Operations</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/writing_composed_operations/echo.html">Echo
        💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/writing_composed_operations/detect_ssl.html">Detect
        SSL 💡</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/config.html">Configuration</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/config/configuration_preprocessor_defin.html">Configuration
      Preprocessor Definitions</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http.html">HTTP</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/protocol_primer.html">Protocol Primer</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/message_containers.html">Message Containers</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/message_stream_operations.html">Message Stream
      Operations</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/serializer_stream_operations.html">Serializer
      Stream Operations</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/parser_stream_operations.html">Parser Stream
      Operations</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/parser_stream_operations/incremental_read.html">Incremental
        Read 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/parser_stream_operations/read_large_response_body.html">Reading
        large response body 💡</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_serializing.html">Buffer-Oriented
      Serializing</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_serializing.html#beast.using_http.buffer_oriented_serializing.write_to_std_ostream">Write
        To std::ostream 💡</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_parsing.html">Buffer-Oriented
      Parsing</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_parsing.html#beast.using_http.buffer_oriented_parsing.read_from_std_istream">Read
        From std::istream 💡</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/chunked_encoding.html">Chunked Encoding</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/custom_body_types.html">Custom Body Types</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/custom_body_types.html#beast.using_http.custom_body_types.file_body">File
        Body 💡</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/custom_parsers.html">Custom Parsers</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples.html">HTTP Examples</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/change_body_type.html">Change Body Type
      💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/expect_100_continue_client.html">Expect
      100-continue (Client) 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/expect_100_continue_server.html">Expect
      100-continue (Server) 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/head_request_client.html">HEAD request
      (Client) 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/head_response_server.html">HEAD response
      (Server) 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/http_relay.html">HTTP Relay 💡</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/send_child_process_output.html">Send Child
      Process Output 💡</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket.html">WebSocket</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/establishing_connections.html">Connecting</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/handshaking.html">Handshaking</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/decorator.html">Decorator</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/messages.html">Messages</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/control_frames.html">Control Frames</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/timeouts.html">Timeouts</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/teardown.html">Teardown</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/notes.html">Notes</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts.html">Concepts</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/Body.html">Body</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/BodyReader.html">BodyReader</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/BodyWriter.html">BodyWriter</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/BufferSequence.html">BufferSequence</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/DynamicBuffer.html">DynamicBuffer</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/Fields.html">Fields</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/FieldsWriter.html">FieldsWriter</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/File.html">File</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/RatePolicy.html">RatePolicy</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/streams.html">Streams</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices.html">Design Choices</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/http_message_container.html">HTTP Message
      Container 🎦</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/http_comparison_to_other_librari.html">HTTP
      Comparison to Other Libraries</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/comparison_to_zaphoyd_studios_we.html">Comparison
      to Zaphoyd Studios WebSocket++</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/faq.html">FAQ</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/moved1.html">Release Notes (Moved)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/moved2.html">Reference (Moved)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/index.html">Index</a></span></dt>
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    💡 contains example source code.
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    🎦 contains video presentation content
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